Introduction to Oral History Research - Incite at Columbia University

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    Introduction to Oral History Research

    Tuesday Oct 7, 2025
    4:00pm
  • Event venue 61 Claremont Avenue
    Suite 1300
    New York

An interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to oral history as a dynamic tool for engaged, collaborative research.

Oral history—a conversation about the past, happening in the present, and oriented towards the future—is a core part of human life. Oral history can also be a more formalized research practice. In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to oral history as a dynamic tool for engaged, collaborative research, in applications from qualitative social sciences to the creation of primary sources for historical archives. Topics will include:

  • Critical history of oral history as a research practice
  • Interviewing and listening
  • Brief introduction to 
  • Consent, copyright, and legal releases
  • Tools for audio recording
  • Project design and planning

    • Amy Starecheski, Director of OHMA

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